Journal of Plant Protection Research

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4 issues per year.

The online version of Journal of Plant Protection Research (JPPR) is
the original one.

Rejection rate – over 70%.

Journal of Plant Protection Research is an international
peer-reviewed journal that publishes original papers, rapid
communications, reviews, covering all areas of plant protection.
Subjects include phytopathological virology, bacteriology, mycology and
applied nematology and entomology as well as topics on protecting crop
plants and stocks of crop products against diseases, viruses, weeds etc.

The Journal is published by Institute of Plant Protection – National
Research Institute and Committee on Agronomic Sciences of the Polish
Academy of Sciences. By 1997 under the title Prace Naukowe Instytutu
Ochrony Roślin and Annals of Agricultural Sciences - Series E - Plant
Protection).

Journal scope

JPPR publishes original research papers, rapid communications, critical
reviews, and book reviews covering all areas of modern plant protection.
Subjects include phytopathological virology, bacteriology, mycology and
applied nematology and entomology as well as topics on protecting crop
plants and stocks of crop products against diseases, viruses, weeds etc.
We publish papers which use an interdisciplinary approach showing how
different control strategies can be integrated into pest management
programmes, which cover high and low input agricultural systems
worldwide, within the framework of ecologically sound and economically
responsible land cultivation.

Relevant topics include: advanced methods of diagnostic, and
computer-assisted diagnostic plant research and new findings, biological
methods of plant protection, selective chemical methods of plant
protection, the effects of plant-protecting agents and their toxicology,
methods to induce and utilize crop resistance, application techniques,
and economic aspects of plant protection.

Journal of Plant Protection Research is also available on:

http://www.plantprotection.pl/

The Journal does not have article processing charges (APCs) nor
article submission charges.

Journal of Plant Protection Research is published based on the Open
Access model.

JPPR is a member of CrossRef – the citation-linking backbone for
online publications.

Abstract

This study was aimed at evaluating the effect of sublethal doses of
glyphosate on physiological parameters of a common ornamental plant
Mexican marigold (Tagetes erecta). The herbicide was applied in the
following doses: 720 g ⋅ ha–1 (standard field dose), 144 g ⋅ ha–1, 28.8
g ⋅ ha–1, and 14.4 g ⋅ ha–1, in the form of a spraying treatment of
plants in a specialist spraying chamber. The net assimilation rate and
leaf greenness index were then determined. Herbicide application in the
sublethal doses, i.e. below 720 g ⋅ ha–1, caused disorders in both
analyzed physiological parameters of plants. The glyphosate dose of 144
g ⋅ ha–1 elicited transient disorders in the leaf greenness index. In
turn, the use of the lower doses (28.8 g ⋅ ha–1 and 14.4 g ⋅ ha–1)
caused a short-term increase in the net photosynthesis rate in the
plants which was accompanied by a decreased value of the leaf greenness
index. Study results demonstrated the effect of sublethal doses of
glyphosate as a stress factor in parameters associated with the process
of photosynthesis in plants.

Abstract

Aphids are one of the most important economic pests and vectors of viral
diseases in crops. Brevicoryne brassicae L., one of the most serious
aphid pests in Brassicaceae, if not controlled, often reaches very high
densities. The present study compared the systemic effects of ethanolic,
methanolic and aqueous Melia azedarach L., Peganum harmala L., Calendula
officinalis L. and Otostegia persica Boissier extracts with two systemic
pesticides, acetamiprid and pirimicarb (at the maximum label-recommended
rate). Population growth percentages of B. brassicae through leaf
spraying under greenhouse conditions were assessed. The chemicals were
sprayed on one of the leaves in greenhouse condition. The results
indicated that all the plant extracts have systemic effects at different
levels. Among different extracts, O. persica ethanolic extract, P.
harmala methanolic extract and M. azedarach aqueous extract resulted in
a reduction of the B. brassicae population.

Abstract

Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) infesting many plants but
Mentha viridis L., and Mentha piperita L., were low in number of
infestation. Therefore the objective of this study was to identify the
resistance of M. viridis and M. piperita plants against T. urticae by
studying the external shape and internal contents of those plants. For
morphological studies, dried leaves were covered with gold utilizing an
Edwards Scan coat six sputter-coater. For histological studies,
arrangements of Soft Tissue technique were used. For phytochemical
studies, the plants were cut, dried and then high performance liquid
chromatography (HPLC) was used. While feeding the mites were collected
from the area between oily glands, trichomes and respiratory stomata in
both mint species. The most important leaf structures in aromatic plants
are the oily glands found on the external part of the leaves (both upper
and lower epidermis). The number of oil glands in M. viridis leaves was
greater than in M. piperita; the trichomes on the epidermis of M.
viridis were greater in number than in M. piperita; the spongy mesophyll
in M. viridis was much thicker than in M. piperita. The essential oils
in the leaves of both mint species contained 71 compounds representing
99.61% of the total oil constituents identified from M. viridis before
infestation, and 90.95% after infestation, and about 99.65% from M.
piperita before infestation, and 99.98% after infestation.

Abstract

Field experiments were conducted to evaluate the efficacy of glyphosate
(H1) and fluazifop-
-P-butyl (H2) herbicides with adjuvants on the common reed without cutting and
at two
different cutting levels (10 and 30 cm). The adjuvants were urea, nitric acid
and sulfonic
acid. The relative importance value (RIV), leaf chlorophyll content and plant
density were
determined to assay the efficacy of herbicides. Glyphosate treatment only
(H1a) was more
effective than fluazifop-P-butyl (H2a) on reeds without cutting and at the 10
cm cutting
level. However, no significant difference was observed between them at the 30
cm cutting
level. A positive effect of plant cutting occurred on the efficacy of all
herbicides applied
alone or in a tank mix with adjuvants. Furthermore, the 10 cm cutting level
was more effective
in eradication of reeds than the 30 cm cutting level. The adjuvants
significantly improved
the efficacy of the recommended (Hb) and half recommended (Hc) herbicide rates
in comparison to being used alone on uncut reeds. The reduction percentages
were 94.5,
86.99, 76.61 and 69.94 for H1b, H1c, H2b and H2c treatments, respectively.
However, the
adjuvants did not improve the glyphosate effect at different levels of
cutting. Conversely the
reduction percentage of reeds was improved by the recommended rate of
fluazifop-P-butyl
with adjuvants (H2b) to 92.77% and 84.62% at 10 and 30 cm cutting levels,
respectively.

Abstract

Toxicity and physiological alterations were determined in Pseudococcus
viburni nymphs treated with Artemisia annua methanolic extract. The leaf
dipping bioassay showed LC50 values of 0.287% and 0.194% 24 and 48 hours
post-exposure. Activities of general esterases were significantly higher
in the control nymphs than in those which had been treated except for
the 48 h time interval using α-naphtyl acetate. The activity of
glutathione S-transferase using CDNB (1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene) in
the control nymphs, was significantly higher than in the control at both
time intervals while no significant difference was observed after 24 h
in addition to the higher enzymatic activity in the treated nymphs after
48 h. All three aminotransferases were significantly more active in the
control nymphs except for time intervals of 24 h for γ-glutamyl
transferase and 48 h for alanine aminotransferase. Higher activities of
lactate dehydrogenase, acid- and alkaline phosphatase were found in the
control nymphs than in treated nymphs for all time intervals. Activities
of the enzymes involved in the antioxidant system including catalase,
peroxidase, superoxide dismutase, ascorbate peroxidase and
glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase was increased in the treated nymphs
compared to the control. Results of the current study demonstrated toxic
effects of A. annua methanolic extract on P. viburni nymphs causing
mortality and physiological turbulences.

Abstract

In this study, the effect of six commercial biocontrol strains, Bacillus
pumilus INR7, B. megaterium P2, B. subtilis GB03, B. subtilis S, B.
subtilis AS and B. subtilis BS and four indigenous strains Achromobacter
sp. B124, Pseudomonas geniculate B19, Serratia marcescens B29 and B.
simplex B21 and two plant defense inducers, methyl salicylate (Me-SA)
and methyl jasmonate (Me-JA) were assessed on suppression of wheat
take-all disease. Treatments were applied either as soil drench or
sprayed on shoots. In the soil drench method, the highest disease
suppression was achieved in treatment with strains INR7, GB03, B19 and
AS along with two chemical inducers. Bacillus subtilis S, as the worst
treatment, suppressed take-all severity up to 56%. Both chemical
inducers and bacterial strains AS and P2 exhibited the highest effect on
suppression of take-all disease in the shoot spray method. Bacillus
subtilis S suppressed the disease severity up to 49% and was again the
worst strain. The efficacy of strains GB03 and B19 decreased
significantly in the shoot spray method compared to the soil drench
application method. Our results showed that most treatments had the same
effect on take-all disease when they were applied as soil drench or
sprayed on aerial parts. This means that induction of plant defense was
the main mechanism in suppressing take-all disease by the given
rhizobacteria. It also revealed that plant growth was reduced when it
was treated with chemical inducers. In contrast, rhizobacteria not only
suppressed the disease, but also increased plant growth.

Instructions for authors

Instructions for Authors

Manuscripts published in JPPR are free of charge. Only colour figures and
photos are payed 61.5 € per one colour page
JPPR publishes original research papers, short communications, critical
reviews, and book reviews covering all areas of modern plant protection.
Subjects include phytopathological virology, bacteriology, mycology and
applied nematology and entomology as well as topics on protecting crop
plants and stocks of crop products against diseases, viruses, weeds, etc.
Submitted manuscripts should provide new facts or confirmatory data.
All manuscripts should be written in high-quality English. Non-English native
authors should seek appropriate help from English-writing professionals
before submission.
The manuscript should be submitted only via the JPPR Editorial System (http://www.editorialsystem.com/jppr).
The authors must also remember to upload a scan of a completed License to
Publish (point 4 and a handwritten signature are of particular
importance). ALP form is available at the Editorial System.
The day the manuscript reaches the editors for the first time is given upon
publication as the date ‘received’ and the day the version, corrected by
the authors is accepted by the reviewers, is given as the date ‘revised’.
All papers are available free of charge at the Journal’s webpage (www.plantprotection.pl).
However, colour figures and photos cost 61.5 € per one colour page.

General information for preparing a manuscript

All text should be written in a concise and integrated way, by focusing on
major points, findings, breakthrough or discoveries, and their broad
significance. All running text should be in Times New Roman 12, 1.5
spacing with all margins 2.5 cm on all sides.

Original article

The original research articles should contain the following sections:
Title – the title should be unambiguous, understandable to
specialists in other fields, and must reflect the contents of the paper.
No abbreviations may be used in the title.
Name(s) of author(s) with affiliations footnoted added only to the
system, not visible in the manuscript (Double Blind Reviews). The names of
the authors should be given in the following order: first name, second
name initial, surname. Affiliations should contain: name of institution,
faculty, department, street, city with zip code, and country.
Abstract – information given in the title does not need to be
repeated in the abstract. The abstract should be no longer than 300 words.
It must contain the aim of the study, methods, results and conclusions. If
used, abbreviations should be limited and must be explained when first
used.
Keywords – a maximum of 6, should cover the most specific terms
found in the paper. They should describe the subject and results and must
differ from words used in the title.
Introduction – a brief review of relevant research (with references
to the most important and recent publications) should lead to the clear
formulation of the working hypothesis and aim of the study. It is
recommended to indicate what is novel and important in the study.
Materials and Methods – in this section the description of
experimental procedures should be sufficient to allow replication.
Organisms must be identified by scientific name, including authors. The
International System of Units (SI) and their abbreviations should be used.
Methods of statistical processing, including the software used, should
also be listed in this section.
Results – should be presented clearly and concisely without
deducting and theori sing. Graphs should be preferred over tables to
express quantitative data.
Discussion – should contain an interpretation of the results (
without unnecessary repetition) and explain the influence of experimental
factors or methods. It should describe how the results and their
interpretation relate to the scientific hypothesis and/or aim of the
study. The discussion should take into account the current state of
knowledge and up-to-date literature. It should highlight the significance
and novelty of the paper. It may also point to the next steps that will
lead to a better understanding of the matters in question.
Acknowledgements – of people, grants, funds, etc. should be placed
in a separate section before the reference list. The names of funding
organizations should be written in full.
References
In the text, papers with more than two authors should be cited by the last
name of the first author, followed by et al. (et al. in italics), a space,
and the year of publication (example: Smith et al. 2012). If the cited
manuscript has two authors, the citation should include both last names, a
space, and the publication year (example: Marconi and Johnston 2006).
In the Reference section, a maximum of ten authors of the cited paper may be
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chronologically. The year of publication follows the authors’ names. All
titles of the cited articles should be given in English. Please limit the
citation of papers published in languages other than English. If necessary
translate the title into English and provide information concerning the
original language in brackets (e.g. in Spanish).
The list of references should only include works from the last ten years that
have had the greatest impact on the subject. Older references can be cited
only if they are important for manuscript content.
The full name of periodicals should be given.
If possible, the DOI number should be added at the end of each reference.The following system for arranging references should be used:Journal articles
Jorjani M., Heydari A., Zamanizadeh H.R., Rezaee S., Naraghi L., Zamzami P.
2012. Controlling sugar beet mortality disease by application of new
bioformulations. Journal of Plant Protection Research 52 (3): 303-307.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10045-012-0049-9
Online articles
Turner E., Jacobson D.J., Taylor J.W. 2011. Genetic architecture of a
reinforced, postmating, reproductive isolation barrier between Neurospora
species indicates evolution via natural selection. PLoS Genetics 7 (8):
e1002204. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1002204
Books
Bancrof J.D., Stevens A. 1996. Theory and Practice of Histological Techniques.
4th ed. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh, UK, 776 pp.
Book chapters
Pradhan S.K. 2000. Integrated pest management. p. 463-469. In: "IPM System in
Agriculture. Cash Crop" (R.K. Upadhyaya, K.G. Mukerji, O.P. Dubey, eds.).
Aditya Books Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, India, 710 pp.
Online documents
Cartwright J. 2007. Big stars have weather too. IOP Publishing PhysicsWeb.
Available on: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1002204

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Tables and figures should be uploaded as separated files at the submission
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version. In the hardcopy version of the journal, colour figures cost (65,5
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Charts (MS Excel graphs) should be provided in MS Excel file format, and
stored with original MS Excel data file without captions but with the
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charts. Use colour fills only if necessary.
Captions and legends should be added at the end of the text, referred to as
"Fig." and numbered consecutively throughout the paper.

Rapid communications

Rapid communications should present brief observations which do not warrant
the length of a full paper. However, they must present completed studies
and follow the same scientific standards as original articles.
Rapid communications should contain the following sections:
Title
Abstract - less than 300 words
Key words - maximum 6
Text body
Acknowledgements
References
The length of such submissions is limited to 1500 words for the text, one
table, and one figure.

Reviews

Review articles are invited by the editors.Unsolicited reviews are also
considered. The length is limited to 5000 words with no limitations on
figures and tables and a maximum of 150 references.
Mini-Review articles should be dedicated to "hot" topics and limited to 3000
words and a maximum two figures, two tables and 20 references.

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